The Great New Mexican Pecos Flood and the Loss of History's Finest

The Great New Mexican Pecos Flood and the Loss of History's Finest

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Before I was out in New Mexico with Drew G.  some years ago, researching the places I wrote about in my Bandita and Billy the Kid series, I knew of the never-ending, major disagreement over the resting place of Billy the Kid (in Sumner [Brushy Bill rubbish not ncluded]), with more than a few believing Billy's bones were washed out and away throughout the desert in1904 during the Pecos flood.

This would have been amazing poetic justice; a fitting, ironic scenario, if you were to ask me.

So... this is an oft and old argument, but:

With the contention that the graves (bodies) in Ft. Sumner were washed away during the great  Pecos flood of 1904 being an unfortunate common belief, it was not, in fact. the graves that were washed away, but the wooden headstones. This is the reason we can't say, with a degree of certainty, where Billy"s body is located, though by the map I'm providing. It gives us a good idea.

So....  to be clear. Billy is still buried in Sumner, just not where his (and Bowdre and O'Folilard's) modern marker is.

Billy is most likely to the right of the entrance, according to Chas. W. Dudrow's map.

Anna Karenina Short and Sweet

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Anna Karenina [Leo Tolstoy]  was first #published serially(1875-77) in a Russian #journal before being published in #book format in 1878.

The first sentence of A.K. is: “All happy #families resemble each other; each unhappy #family is unhappy in its own way". This sentence is often quoted, but just as often, misunderstood. It means that each unhappy family is missing one or more of the elements that make a truly happy family, i.e., love, good health, family...

Anna Karenina is unhappy in her marriage to Count Alexei Karenin, as he does not / can not satisfy her emotionally, driving the once #virtuous matriarch into the arms of Count Aleksey Vronsky, where Anna finally finds emotional comfort and solace.

Ultimately, however, this consolation is short-lived, as Anna's passions are far too profound and great even for Vronsky, who is frivolous with his care, despite truly loving Anna.

Both characters are doomed, as they must pay for their sins against morality. Vronsky charges into a suicide mission by book's end upon learning of Anna's death.

Anna kills herself upon the understanding that she will always feel trapped and unhappy, unable to live the unbridled life she wants due to the society of her time. Divorcing Count Karenin seems a viable solution, releasing her to the passionate embrace of her lover, Count Vronsky, but this happiness is marred by the fact that Anna's contemporary society has cast her out due to her impetuous behavior. She will never be allowed true happiness.

Adding to Anna's doom was Tolstoy's own administered punishment of his female protagonist for the sin of abandoning her son.

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Anna Karenina Short and Sweet

Visit my website for novel availability

Anna Karenina [Leo Tolstoy]  was first #published serially(1875-77) in a Russian #journal before being published in #book format in 1878.

The first sentence of A.K. is: “All happy #families resemble each other; each unhappy #family is unhappy in its own way". This sentence is often quoted, but just as often, misunderstood. It means that each unhappy family is missing one or more of the elements that make a truly happy family, i.e., love, good health, family...

Anna Karenina is unhappy in her marriage to Count Alexei Karenin, as he does not / can not satisfy her emotionally, driving the once #virtuous matriarch into the arms of Count Aleksey Vronsky, where Anna finally finds emotional comfort and solace.

Ultimately, however, this consolation is short-lived, as Anna's passions are far too profound and great even for Vronsky, who is frivolous with his care, despite truly loving Anna.

Both characters are doomed, as they must pay for their sins against morality. Vronsky charges into a suicide mission by book's end upon learning of Anna's death.

Anna kills herself upon the understanding that she will always feel trapped and unhappy, unable to live the unbridled life she wants due to the society of her time. Divorcing Count Karenin seems a viable solution, releasing her to the passionate embrace of her lover, Count Vronsky, but this happiness is marred by the fact that Anna's contemporary society has cast her out due to her impetuous behavior. She will never be allowed true happiness.

Adding to Anna's doom was Tolstoy's own administered punishment of his female protagonist for the sin of abandoning her son.

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Sister Blandina and (Her Almost) Run-In with the Famous Billy the Kid

You may have heard the tale of Sister Blandina and her famous run-in with Billy the Kid.

The Billy in question was not actually the notorious Wm. H. Bonney, but a man named Wm. LeRoy (née, Arthur Pond).

Sister Blandina met LeRoy (believing he was Bonney), while LeRoy was hell bent on the hunt in Colorado for the doctors who refused to treat a friend and fellow outlaw for a gun shot wound while he lay dying. Instead, Sister Blandina nursed the outlaw back to health.

LeRoy swore to scalp the deliberately negligent doctors, but Sister Blandina talked him out of his intended, bloody deed, and LeRoy thanked the Sister for her kindness in helping his ailing comrade.

There are still many people who confuse this story, believing Blandina met with Wm. H Bonney., which of course is not so. Sister Blandina, herself, boasted (albeit humbly) of this encounter, as well. After all, Wm. H. Bonney had a treacherous reputation, though it preceded him somewhat falsely and unfairly. Who wouldn't want to believe they stayed the famous "beast"? But in all fairness to Sister Blandina, this is *exactly* what she did, even though it was the wrong Billy the Kid, so she still gets props!

One of the defining attributes of Bonney is his (Irish) temper, but a telltale sign that this was not the famous Kid is Billy Bonney was not an inherently violent individual, and would more than most likely not have made an attempt to exact vengeance in the way LeRoy had, making the trek to carry it out.

Billy Bonney was a gentleman by all accounts, and would not harm innocent citizens.

In fact, during the 5-Day-Battle at Lincoln, the Regs refused to hole up in Tunstall's store, despite the lead-lined doorway (which would have helped tremendously) for fear of having innocent bystanders hurt or killed; so they made their way to McSween's while some of the other Regulators took up strategic positions elsewhere (of course, the 5-Day-Battle is a Benny Hill sketch of its own 🙄).

Billy Bonney knew the dangers of a violent life and was more than prepared while living it, having lost more than a few friends to it. The most devastating to him was Tom O'Folliard and Charlie Bowdre, who were shot and killed within days of one another.

An interesting anecdote referring to the bleak awareness that proved Billy Bonney knew how the game was played goes as follows: 

When Bowdre was shot, falling back into the Adobe the small, tattered remaining Regulator's were hiding out in, Billy pushed him forward, telling Bowdre he was done for and killed, and that he should go back and get his revenge, taking out as many men as he could.

This was simply a reality for the Kid and his compadres. 

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Sister Blandina and (Her Almost) Run-In with the Famous Billy the Kid

You may have heard the tale of Sister Blandina and her famous run-in with Billy the Kid.

The Billy in question was not actually the notorious Wm. H. Bonney, but a man named Wm. LeRoy (née, Arthur Pond).

Sister Blandina met LeRoy (believing he was Bonney), while LeRoy was hell bent on the hunt in Colorado for the doctors who refused to treat a friend and fellow outlaw for a gun shot wound while he lay dying. Instead, Sister Blandina nursed the outlaw back to health.

LeRoy swore to scalp the deliberately negligent doctors, but Sister Blandina talked him out of his intended, bloody deed, and LeRoy thanked the Sister for her kindness in helping his ailing comrade.

There are still many people who confuse this story, believing Blandina met with Wm. H Bonney., which of course is not so. Sister Blandina, herself, boasted (albeit humbly) of this encounter, as well. After all, Wm. H. Bonney had a treacherous reputation, though it preceded him somewhat falsely and unfairly. Who wouldn't want to believe they stayed the famous "beast"? But in all fairness to Sister Blandina, this is *exactly* what she did, even though it was the wrong Billy the Kid, so she still gets props!

One of the defining attributes of Bonney is his (Irish) temper, but a telltale sign that this was not the famous Kid is Billy Bonney was not an inherently violent individual, and would more than most likely not have made an attempt to exact vengeance in the way LeRoy had, making the trek to carry it out.

Billy Bonney was a gentleman by all accounts, and would not harm innocent citizens.

In fact, during the 5-Day-Battle at Lincoln, the Regs refused to hole up in Tunstall's store, despite the lead-lined doorway (which would have helped tremendously) for fear of having innocent bystanders hurt or killed; so they made their way to McSween's while some of the other Regulators took up strategic positions elsewhere (of course, the 5-Day-Battle is a Benny Hill sketch of its own 🙄).

Billy Bonney knew the dangers of a violent life and was more than prepared while living it, having lost more than a few friends to it. The most devastating to him was Tom O'Folliard and Charlie Bowdre, who were shot and killed within days of one another.

An interesting anecdote referring to the bleak awareness that proved Billy Bonney knew how the game was played goes as follows: 

When Bowdre was shot, falling back into the Adobe the small, tattered remaining Regulator's were hiding out in, Billy pushed him forward, telling Bowdre he was done for and killed, and that he should go back and get his revenge, taking out as many men as he could.

This was simply a reality for the Kid and his compadres. 

Wicked Scribbler (@banditaexpress) 

 For book purchasing information thru Amazon and Barnes and Noble, click here!

http://nicolemaddalodixon.blogspot.com/2019/12/sister-blandina-and-her-almost-run-in.html?m=1

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Visit my website for purchasing information thru Amazon and Barnes and Noble